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MADRID, May 26 (Reuters) - Outgoing Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes would accept an offer to return to Real Madrid to take over from Jose Mourinho, his agent was quoted as saying on Sunday. German Heynckes, who turned 68 this month and speaks fluent Spanish, is leaving Bayern at the end of the season after leading the club to the Champions League and Bundesliga titles. He guided Real to a Champions League crown in 1998 and has also coached La Liga clubs Athletic Bilbao and Tenerife.

MADRID -- Real Madrid secured the Copa del Rey title Wednesday, edging rival Barcelona in a 2-1 home win at the Bernabeu. The Galacticos, who were without star player Cristiano Ronaldo due to the Portugal international's leg injury, were in front after 11 minutes when Angel Di Maria fired a shot past Pepe Pinto at the far post. The Barcelona 'keeper, who was screened by his own man on the effort, got his hand to the ball but was unable to keep it out of the net. The Catalans leveled the score in the 68th minute when Marc Bartra nodded home a corner kick, but the hosts ultimately claimed the trophy on the back of a brilliant solo effort from Gareth Bale five minutes from time.

MADRID (Reuters) - Former Real Madrid forward Alfredo Di Stefano, 88, one of the greatest footballers of all time, has died in the Spanish capital two days after suffering a heart attack. Real's honorary president passed away at the Gregorio Maranon hospital at 1515 GMT(04.15 p.m. BST) on Monday, the club said in a statement. "It's a very sad day," Real forward and World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo said on his Twitter feed in one of an avalanche of tributes that poured in after the news broke.

MADRID (Reuters) - Real Madrid have launched an internal inquiry after their Argentina winger Angel Di Maria was seen to grab his crotch while he was being substituted in Monday's 3-0 La Liga win at home to Celta Vigo. Di Maria, who was replaced by Gareth Bale midway through the second half at the Bernabeu and was whistled by the home fans as he trudged off, insisted it was "a natural gesture" and said he apologized if anyone had found it offensive. The incident was widely debated in the Spanish and Argentine media on Tuesday and prompted further speculation that Di Maria, who has made fewer appearances since the arrival of world record signing Bale, might be sold either in the January transfer window or at the end of the season.

MADRID (Reuters) - Real Madrid's Brazilian playmaker Kaka has told the Spanish club he wants to leave after deciding he will not get sufficient playing time under new coach Carlo Ancelotti. The 31-year-old has failed to reproduce the form that won him a World Player of the Year award in 2007 since he joined Real from AC Milan for a fee of 65 million euros ($86 million) in 2009. Real have several players ahead of him in the pecking order, including Germany's Mesut Ozil and Spain's Isco, and Kaka said he hoped to move on before the transfer window closes on September 2. "The club knows I want to leave and I would like them to help me find a solution for my exit," he told reporters on Thursday after scoring two goals in a 4-0 win in a friendly at Deportivo La Coruna.

MADRID (Reuters) - Since Real Madrid last played Manchester United, getting a 6-5 aggregate win in the 2002-03 Champions League quarter-finals, the Spanish side have given their English rivals a thorough drubbing in the financial arena. United, who play at Real's Bernabeu stadium in Wednesday's Champions League last-16 first leg, topped Deloitte's Money League for eight years between 1997 and 2004. Then the Spanish champions surged past and they have led the way in annual income ever since.

PARIS (Reuters) - Paris St Germain have rejected a bid by Real Madrid to hire coach Carlo Ancelotti, club president Nasser al Khelaifi said on Monday. "They (Real) came and I discussed it with them. He's got a contract with us for one more year...for me, he's here next year," Al Khelaifi told Reuters. "He's a fantastic guy and I'm sure he'll respect his contract. " Ancelotti refused to confirm he would stay at PSG on Sunday after they secured their first Ligue 1 title since 1994.

MADRID, June 2 (Reuters) - Florentino Perez will take charge for his fourth term as president of Real Madrid from next week, after the club confirmed on Sunday that no one had come forward to challenge him to an election. Last year, the 66-year-old construction magnate won the backing of members for statute changes that make it harder for outsiders to seize control of the world's richest soccer club by income. A potential presidential candidate has to have been a club member for at least 20 years, up from 10 years previously, and must personally provide a bank guarantee worth 15 percent of the club's budget - some 75 million euros - rather than relying on any third party.

MADRID, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Manchester City forward Sergio Aguero has recovered sufficiently from a knee injury to have a chance of featuring in Tuesday's Champions League Group D opener at Real Madrid, manager Roberto Mancini said on Monday. The Argentina international was carried off on a stretcher early in the first half of City's 3-2 win against promoted Southampton on the opening day of the Premier League season and has not played since. After the City squad flew into the Spanish capital on Monday evening, Mancini said Aguero was now "okay".